Hong Kong cinema : the extra dimensions

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Hong Kong cinema : the extra dimensions

Stephen Teo

British Film Institute, 1997

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ISBN 9780851704968

Description

Covering a period from 1909 to the "end of Hong Kong cinema" in the present day, this book features information about the films, the studios and the personalities that have shaped this kind of cinema. It includes studies of the films of King Hu, Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, as well as those of John Woo and the directors of the various "New Waves". The book applies a bicultural (Chinese and Western) perspective and encompasses genres ranging from melodrama to martial arts, "kung fu", fantasy and horror movies, as well as the international art-house successes.
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:pbk ISBN 9780851705149

Description

Covering a period from 1909 to the "end of Hong Kong cinema" in the present day, this book features information about the films, the studios and the personalities that have shaped this kind of cinema. It includes studies of the films of King Hu, Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, as well as those of John Woo and the directors of the various "New Waves". The book applies a bicultural (Chinese and Western) perspective and encompasses genres ranging from melodrama to martial arts, "kung fu", fantasy and horror movies, as well as the international art-house successes.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD I. Northerners and Southerners 1. Early Hong Kong Cinema: The Shanghai Hangover 2. Shanghai Redone: Les Sing-Song Girls in Hong Kong 3. The Early Cantonese Cinema 4. Father and Son 5. The Romantic and the Cynical Mandarins II. Martial Artists 6. The Dao of King Hu 7. The Sword and the Fist 8. Bruce Lee: Narcissus and the Little Dragon 9. Jacky Chan: The Other Kung Fu Dragon III. Path Breakers 10. The New Wave 11. The New Wave's Action Auteurs 12. The Second Wave IV. Characters on the Edge 13. Reverence and Fear: Hong Kong's China Syndrome 14. Ghosts, Cadavers, Demons and Other Hybrids 15. Bad Customers and Big Timers 16. Postmodernism and the End of Hong Kong Cinema BIO-FILMOGRAPHIES INDEX

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